Ego is vital but not noble.

God is a philosophical black hole-the point where reason breaks down.

The angel within me thrives on the devil within me.

The final discovery is the discovery of knowledge.

The world is truly beautiful solely in the eyes of a true philosopher.

If knowledge is my God, doubt would be my religion.

It is human to search for the theory of everything and it is superhuman to find it.

Certainty is the most vivid condition of ignorance and the most necessay condition for knowledge.

The meaning of life is 'the ultimate questioner's vanity.'

Professionalism is nothing but a crude insistance on the mechanization of mankind.

The stem of greatness sprouts from the seed of sacrifice.

It usually takes me two or three days to prepare an impromptu speech.

Without endurance, how can we overcome any difficult?

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.

The way you attract something you term special determines how you safeguard it.

Skills and proficiency is the greatest miracle that a man needs.

I put my forehead on his collarbone, place one hand on his chest. Its rhythm reassures me: He is real, and he is now.

You can't lead without taking risk.

You can have anything you want. You just have to decide what you want and do everything it takes to get it!

Pitching is pitching. I've been doing this since I was eight-years-old, playing in my backyard with my dad. The things that work in Double-A will also work in the majors.

Freedom' is the most expensive possession there is; it has to be paid for with loneliness.